Arsenal Lost Because of Fear, Not 115 Charges
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
- The easiest way to discount Manchester City's title is to point to the 115 outstanding charges against them. But despite the allegations and finances, Arsenal had the Premier League title in front of them for the taking, and they were too scared to try and take it.
And that's why they lost. - Спорт
Arsenal lost because of fear, City won because of the 115
Sure, there may be some validity to that.
So they win 29/38 games but they don't have a winner's mentality. Not the fact City have turned it into a farmer's league akin to Bayern Munich at Bundesliga. Interesting framing. Didn't watch the rest of this but enjoy the view i guess.
They didn’t try to win when it mattered most, that’s what I’m saying. Sure they won lots of games bc they have an incredibly talented team and Arteta is, overall, a very good coach. But when push came to shove, they played it safe when they had a chance to pull away, and it cost them. That’s my framing.
Arsenal squad mentally accepted being second best and accepted the fact that they cant attack City and win.
Their fans and youtubers celebrated the draw on that day, so the whole club has this shared mentality.
What happened after that match in both clubs is interesting, Pep started changing tactics encouraged players to do more forward runs and we ended playing with that 2-3 and 3-2 build up with defenders on the wing.
Arteta (no disrespect) continued playing conservative ball, trying to score on set pieces.
Unai simply found a way to hit them with his mid block and they lost it...
Point is, that match contributed yes, but City decided to change tactics after that game... Arsenal celebrated, continued in that path till they got found out
Pretty sure it was over the minute you said “mentally accepted being second best” because you’re absolutely right, that’s what happened and it came from the top.
I don't know why u peg arsenal title loss to that 1 game, Arteta wanted to frustate city attack & hit them on the counter, arsenal had 2 shots on target, city had 1, if arsenal were more clinical on the counter, they would've won that game. 1-0 atleast.
I am an arsenal fan, toe to toe arsenal players don't have the on the ball quality that city have, if i can see this im sure Arteta knows this for sure.
He surely went for it last season & lost big time,
This time round it was a matter don't lose being of bigger priority than naively attack. So he chose counter
TBH, city were expecting a totally different game & they were frustrated that day, they expected an arteta team then u get a mourinho team, nobody had ever seen arsenal play like that.
All in all, just one bad 2nd half at villa is where it was lost, if that never happened, city would have lost the title & everyone would be praising arteta when it comes to that particular etihad game for "holding off" city.
So i wouldn't peg the title loss to the mentality & approach in one game, afterall, both teams came off with 1 point, the day ended as it had began in terms of points gap. There is no other game arsenal approached that way.
Well I pegged it as such in part because Rodri pointed it out as a turning point in the season himself. That’s pretty damning coming from the opposing team. But it was evident during that game that they were taking an extremely passive approach to their biggest chance to really extend their lead in the table. Even looking back in hindsight it feels like the biggest missed opportunity more so than any other loss or draw, because it was more tactically based than just poor play. Just my analysis.
@@pitchsidepub same Rodri made similar comments after real madrid after UCL knockout, that man city "deserved" to go thru & that he "only saw one team" (city)
So i wouldn't take what he says as damning, if city were good & more deserving they would have broken madrid down & proceeded to semis, or even just score all penalties.
Anyway, Back to arsenal, yes passed up a chance to go 4 points up, but also same tactics ensured they dint go 2 points down, maintaining the status quo of the day was not a bad result at the time.
Booooooo
At least you didn’t call me an American
This is some click bait garbage but I am sure it is effective.
How so? Would you care to refute any of the points I made? I laid them out pretty clearly and back up the title of my video.
Disagreeing with something doesn’t make it clickbait.
Nah look at the view count
@@tylerlewis2766 exaxtly! If it was click bait it didn’t work too well! 😂
Why do you keep deleting comments?
If you don’t want interactions, don’t post here.
I haven’t deleted anything
Worst take ever. Flip the script, had Arsenal won the league you would be singing praises for Arteta's tactical genius in a defensive masterclass to deny City 3 points. Arsenal literally had the best record against the conventional Big Six this year. They lost because they imploded in late December, Emery got revenge, Son missed a sitter, and another team were consistently marginally better especially when it mattered.
I would assuredly not be singing the praises of playing for a draw when they had a chance to win the league on the pitch. If you’ve watched any of my videos you’d know that’s the opposite of my entire mentality when it comes to coaching.
Hearing a lot of placing blame in other places and not a lot of accountability for taking a timid approach when the title was within reach.
@@pitchsidepubwhat you view as fear, pragmatists view as strategy.
I explicitly stated that Arsenal themselves are accountable for their failure because of the Villa (A), West Ham (A) and Fulham (H) period plus Emery winning at the Emirates. Arsenal literally finished unbeaten against the Big Six this season, which includes a home win against City.
Viewing a solid defensive performance against the undisputed favorites in enemy territory as a the primary cause of their failure is at best disingenuous and at worst delusively naive.
@yummyananas you’re right, it is a strategy. And it achieved their goal which was to take a point from that game. Credit where it’s due.
But there’s nothing disingenuous or naive about what I’ve said here. It’s my opinion is that it was a bad strategy. To go back to what I said in the video, if you want to beat the champs and you have the opportunity to do so, you have to at least try to do it yourself.
Yes the other dropped points after ultimately cost them, but their passive approach against City kept the margin for error at almost nothing.
They had a chance to put the nail in the coffin or at least give them that buffer for dropped points down the road, but they didn’t even try to take it. Had they tried to run with City and lost I’d respect the hell out of them. But they played it safe and it burnt them and I don’t think they have anyone to blame there but themselves.
Idiotic. Three games against City. ZERO defeats. Two wins.
Only two count towards the table, and in the one that mattered most, they played for a draw. I agree, it’s idiotic.
@@pitchsidepubit was more important for arsenal not to lose that day than to win, they had the advantage going in, ANYTHING other than a loss would mean they would have the advantage coming out of that game.
A loss would mean advantage to city AND they still would need someone to "do them a favor" so a draw was very acceptable at that point in time.
Now if they would have not slipped up vs villa, they would not care if who beats city or not, just win till the end & win the league.
That city draw only looks unfavourable after the villa game, hypothetically if that loss doesn't happen, then nobody would critisize arsenal for getting a draw at the etihad.
@@dreamphantltd so in theory I agree with you, except everyone, arsenal fans included, spent the last five months pointing out that once City turn it on in the second half, they never lose and don’t give the other teams in the race with them any margin for error. Which turned out to once again be true.
So while mathematically you’re correct and I get what you’re saying, both can’t be true. So if everyone really believed that City wasn’t going to do Arsenal or Liverpool that “favor,” then the only real option for Arsenal was to go out and beat them themselves.
You’re right it looks worse given they ended up dropping points later on as well, but the way I see it, they had the opportunity to put the nail in the coffin in their game against city and/or give themselves some margin for error to drop a point against Villa or anyone else later on. Bud rather than try to take it, they took a timid approach and it cost them.
@@pitchsidepubThe only real option for Arsenal was to win all their easier fixtures, not to risk a 3 point reversal in a game that they were already heavy underdogs for.
Mathematically I understand what you’re saying. But how’d that work out? That’s an awful lot of pressure to put on yourself because you’re too afraid to try and beat the team you’re trying to overtake.
This is exactly what I’m talking about. I understand the strategy, it’s just soft. It’s not a winning mentality. It’s now how you defeat a team that’s going for four in a row and who edged you out last year - especially when you actually have a lead on them in the table at the time of facing them!
I’m not saying what you’re wrong, I’m saying that was their opportunity and they didn’t take it. If you want to knock off the champs, go knock them off. But they didn’t. They didn’t even try. They settled for a point and put themselves in a position where they had to be perfect from there on out. And that’s tough to pull off.
Sure, as underdogs they may have lost had they challenged city, but then they weren’t meant to be champions. Wouldn’t you rather go all in and actually try to beat the white whale you’ve been chasing for years then try to play it safe and hope strategy gets the job done for you?
God I would.